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Strong valueActiveLegendary Wild Time · $20 · Michigan Lottery
Legendary Wild Time: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $16.22 on average.
▲ +2.5 pts vs launch#5 of 17 · $20 MI gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
▲ +2.5 pts vs launch#5 of 17 · $20 MI gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
Legendary Wild Time is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.1%, up 2.5 percentage points from the launch value of 78.6%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 57% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
81.1%
expected return
1 in 3.26
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2M jackpots left
57%
claimed · 3.5M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 800,159 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 679 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $16.22 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.52 · 72.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.17 · 0.8% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.53 · 7.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.4%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.6M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
799,765 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
57% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
6.1M
tickets printed
3.5M
tickets claimed · 57%
2.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
43%
67% of top prizes remain with only 43% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Michigan Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 MI peers
#5 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM.
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